Late Night Talk Show, David Letterman Extortion Case | featured news

Robert "Joe" Halderman admitted he demanded $2 million in hush money last fall to keep from revealing personal information about Letterman.

A television producer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to extort $2 million from U.S. talk show host David Letterman by threatening to reveals his affairs with women who worked on his late-night program on CBS.

Former "Late Night" writer charges that it wasn't easy for a woman.

A television producer charged with attempting to extort $2 million from U.S. talk-show host David Letterman threatened to write a book about the TV star's affairs with employees, court documents showed on Thursday.

Mr. Letterman’s remarks were his first public comments since Thursday when he revealed details of an apparent extortion attempt.

David Letterman extortion case exposes more details about Letterman's history of trysts. Another Late Show ex-staffer reportedly has stepped forward and said that like Stephanie Birkitt, she had an affair with David Letterman. She also spilled the beans on a private lair he kept for his employee flings.